[laotzu]

I think the confusion here is in the way people understand the word proven. Scientists will use the word without meaning to imply that the proven theory is incapable of being unproven

How convenient for them.

A convenience shared by politicians, car salesman, lawyers, and small children.
Such a convenience is supposed to be antithetical to science.

prove: verb (used with object)
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument.

[freespirited]

I understand your frustration, but imagine the alternative: a world where once convinced, people are unwilling to reconsider what they have concluded true.

That’s scarier to me.

I prefer to keep in mind that “evidence and argument” are produced by humans, and that even the “best and brightest” among us are fallible.